Escaping From New York City. Is It Really a Viable Concept in a SHTF?

by suburban | Jun 16, 2011 | Bug Out, Urban Survival

Live in New York City?  Vis­it­ing NYC this sum­mer?  Work in New York City?  Going into the City for din­ner, show, hap­py hour, etc.?Guess what, today we explore ways to get out of the city in the event of a SHTF, pri­or to road­blocks, mar­tial law,... Read more

A Cold Winter in Urbania

by ST | Jun 14, 2011 | Economy, Energy, Guest Posts, Personal, Urban Survival

It may not be the cold­est win­ter on record but the win­ter of 2010/2011 sure felt like it was in the North­east. And it is def­i­nite­ly one of the snowiest in liv­ing mem­o­ry and on record. Pret­ty much every week since the begin­ning of the New Year has brought a... Read more

You’re Completely Unprepared, Using What You’ve Got.

by suburban | Jun 13, 2011 | Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This post is a result of the recent sur­vey that I just took based on one of the com­ments that was left… I thought it might be an inter­est­ing one to start with, since for new­bies, it might help them to use what they have imme­di­ate­ly if they had to… Sce­nario.... Read more

Man’s Best Friend? Or Worst Enemy?

by ST | May 24, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Guest Posts, Preparedness, Urban Survival

An odd occur­rence hap­pened to me this win­ter. The short ver­sion: Late one cold evening we heard an odd sound at the front door. Our dog start­ed bark­ing. I didn’t see any­one at the door. No one rang the bell. So final­ly I care­ful­ly cracked open the door and a... Read more

EDC Bag Reconfiguration

by Prepperjim | May 11, 2011 | But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Personal, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When I first began prep­ping, I put a tac­ti­cal mes­sen­ger bag on my Ama­zon Christ­mas list so that I could car­ry “stuff” around to be a “sur­vival­ist” if the “SHTF”. I am putting those words in quo­ta­tion, because I had no idea at the time what stuff I need­ed... Read more